Adjustable fastener



Feb. 5, 1963 P. VORSTEHER ADJUSTABLE FASTENER' Filed Dec. 15/1959 UnitedStates Patent Ofifice 3,076,463 ADJUSTABLE FASTENER Paul Vorsteher,Vienna, Austria, assignor to Paul W. erner Vorsteher Miederindustrie u.Gnmmiwebwaren, Vienna, Austria Filed Dec. 15, 1959, Ser. No. 859,777Claims priority, application Austria Dec. 22, 1958 7 Claims. (Cl.128-501) are integrally woven thus forming pockets lying side by Aboveall the for engagement by said bars or projections,

ner known per se on its left end may be connected to the On the rightend of the strap 1 an engagement with the back-piece-14 of the brassierewoven line 2. If the bars 3 arranged transversally to the woven line 2are given a suitable dimension, almost completely closed pockets can beprovided yielding a corresponding stiffening, see also 2 the bars 3 sideof the woven lines 2;

embodiment according to FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 represents the hook 6 with the engaging part and the holding hoop12. The holding hoop 12 has a 3,076,463 Patented Feb. 5, 1963 beingelastic. The top 11 being propped against the woven edge 10 grants agood hold. The invention is not limited to sewing, sticking,

claim:

1. A connecting arrangement, particularly for releasably securing abrassiere to the body of a person, said a first member;

a strap like second member of flexible material, said secand so on).

claim 1 wherein said woven into the maside of said second member, saidopen end permitting access to the interior thereof; and a hook shapedcoupling device having an attaching portion secured to said first memberand finger means, said attaching portion comprising an internallytoothed hoop receiving the end portion of said first member whereby theteeth of said hoop prevent shirring of said first member, and saidfinger means being extendable into said pocket so as to bear againstsaid connecting means and to prevent movement of said members in adirection away from each other and substantially perpendicular to saidconnecting means, the length of said finger means being at least equalto said predetermined length of said pocket so that the free end of thefinger means may extend into close proximity of the closed end of saidpocket, one of said means having an edge formed with at least oneprojection spaced in inserted position of said finger means apredetermined disstance from the closed end of said pocket and the otherof said means having an edge formed with at least one correspondingrecess spaced in inserted position of said finger means saidpredetermined distance from the closed end of the pocket so as toreceive said projection when the finger means is inserted into saidpocket whereby said second member is held against shirring on saidfinger means in the direction of said connecting means.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICECERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION l Patent N00 3 O'6,,463 February 5 1963,

Paul Vorsteher It is hereby certified that error appears in the abovenumbered petent requiring correction and that the said Letters Patentshould read as corrected below.

In the grant lines 2 and 12 and in the heading tO the printedspecification lines 3 and 4 name of assignee for 'n'Paul W0 WernerVorsteher Miederindustrie u. Gummiwelowaren",

each Occurrence read Paul u Werner Vorsteher Mieder industrie uoGummiwebwaren EDWIN Lo REYNOLDS ERNEST we swIDER Attesting Officer A C tng Commissioner Of Patents

1. A CONNECTING ARRANGEMENT, PARTICULARLY FOR RELEASABLY SECURING ABRASSIERE TO THE BODY OF A PERSON, SAID ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING, INCOMBINATION, A FIRST MEMBER; A STRAP LIKE SECOND MEMBER OF FLEXIBLEMATERIAL, SAID SECOND MEMBER COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO PANELS ANDTRANSVERSELY EXTENDING CONNECTING MEANS SECURING SAID PANELS TO EACHOTHER SO THAT SAID PANELS FORM AT LEAST ONE POCKET OF PREDETERMINEDLENGTH AND HAVING A CLOSED END AT ONE LATERAL SIDE AND AN OPEN END ATTHE OTHER LATERAL SIDE OF SAID SECOND MEMBER, SAID OPEN END PERMITTINGACCESS TO THE INTERIOR THEREOF AND A HOOK SHAPED COUPLING DEVICE HAVINGAN ATTACHING PORTION SECURED TO SAID FIRST MEMBER AND FINGER MEANSEXTENDABLE INTO SAID POCKET SO AS TO BEAR AGAINST SAID CONNECTING MEANSAND TO PREVENT MOVEMENT OF SAID MEMBERS IN A DIRECTION AWAY FROM EACHOTHER AND SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO SAID CONNECTING MEANS, THELENGTH OF SAID FINGER MEANS BEING AT LEAST EQUAL TO SAID PREDETERMINEDLENGTH OF SAID POCKET SO THAT THE FREE END OF THE FINGER MEANS MAYEXTEND INTO CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE CLOSED END OF SAID POCKET, ONE OFSAID MEANS FORMED WITH AT LEAST ONE PROJECTION AND THE OTHER OF SAIDMEANS HAVING AN EDGE FORMED WITH AT LEAST ONE CORRESPONDING RECESSADAPTED TO RECEIVE SAID PROJECTION WHEN THE FINGER MEANS IS INSERTEDINTO SAID POCKET WHEREBY SAID SECOND MEMBER IS HELD AGAINST SHIRRING ONSAID FINGER MEANS IN THE DIRECTION OF SAID CONNECTING MEANS.